WO2008001817A1 - composition À CRISTAUX LIQUIDES, élément optique à cristaux liquides, et procédé de fabrication d'ÉLÉMENT OPTIQUE À CRISTAUX LIQUIDES - Google Patents

composition À CRISTAUX LIQUIDES, élément optique à cristaux liquides, et procédé de fabrication d'ÉLÉMENT OPTIQUE À CRISTAUX LIQUIDES Download PDF

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WO2008001817A1
WO2008001817A1 PCT/JP2007/062927 JP2007062927W WO2008001817A1 WO 2008001817 A1 WO2008001817 A1 WO 2008001817A1 JP 2007062927 W JP2007062927 W JP 2007062927W WO 2008001817 A1 WO2008001817 A1 WO 2008001817A1
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  • Liquid crystal composition Liquid crystal composition, liquid crystal optical element, and method for producing liquid crystal optical element
  • the present invention relates to a liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal optical element using the same, and a method for producing the liquid crystal optical element.
  • Liquid crystal optical elements have advantages such as low power consumption, thinness, and light weight, and thus are widely used in many electronic devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras, personal digital assistants, and televisions. Among them, in recent years, liquid crystal optical elements that change the light scattering state by controlling the arrangement of liquid crystal molecules by an electric field have been proposed.
  • Mako Liquid, rystal Polymer, omposite, PDL, Polymer Dispersed
  • liquid crystal Z cured composite elements having a composite of a liquid crystal and a cured product, such as Liquid Crystal) and NCAP (Nematic Curvilinear Aligned Phase) are known (Patent Document 1). reference).
  • the nematic liquid crystal phase is uniformly dispersed in the cured product phase, and the matching of the refractive index of the cured product phase and the liquid crystal phase is switched by applying a voltage. This controls the transmission and scattering of light. Since this liquid crystal Z cured product composite element does not require a polarizing plate in principle, it has a high light transmittance.
  • the above-mentioned liquid crystal Z cured product composite element requires the inclusion of a cured product that is usually at least 20 ma SS %, preferably at least 30 mass% (see Patent Document 3 and Patent Document 4). ).
  • the liquid crystal phase has a plurality of refractive indexes
  • the cured product phase usually has only a single refractive index, and therefore the refractive index is the same when applied to a large window glass.
  • the haze value during transmission was large. That is, when viewed from the direction perpendicular to the panel during transmission, the panel appears to be transparent. When viewed from the side, there was a problem that the panel did not look sufficiently transparent.
  • a polymerization phase separation method (as described in Examples of Patent Document 3 and Patent Document 4), a liquid crystal mixture containing a larger amount of monomer than a liquid crystal is polymerized to phase-combine the liquid crystal and the cured product.
  • a liquid crystal phase having a high heat resistance temperature that is, a high phase transition temperature T
  • a liquid crystal phase is precipitated from a uniform liquid crystal mixture before polymerization. In order to prevent this, it was necessary to polymerize the liquid crystal mixture while heating.
  • Patent Document 5 US Pat. No. 4,688,900 Specification
  • Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-119656
  • Patent Document 3 U.S. Pat.No. 4,834,509
  • Patent Document 4 US Patent No. 5200845
  • Patent Document 5 US Patent No. 5437811
  • the present invention has been made in view of such problems, and provides a liquid crystal optical element having a low haze value in a transmissive state and excellent productivity, a method for producing the same, and a liquid crystal composition therefor. With the goal.
  • It contains at least two kinds of optically active substances having different optical rotation directions from those of nematic liquid crystal, and one of the optically active substances is a non-curable compound with respect to the direction of optical rotation,
  • a liquid crystal composition wherein the optically active substance is a curable compound and the liquid crystal composition exhibits a nematic phase as a whole.
  • the optically active substance that is a curable compound When the optically active substance that is a curable compound is not present, the optically active substance exhibits a chiral nematic phase in some cases and includes the optically active substance that is a curable compound.
  • the liquid crystal composition according to [1] which exhibits a nematic phase as a whole.
  • the twist angle is 360 ° or less when sandwiched between a pair of substrates having an alignment film with a pretilt angle of 10 ° or less on at least one inner surface.
  • a composition having a chiral nematic phase containing a nematic liquid crystal and at least one first optically active substance is rotated in a direction different from the optical rotation direction of the first optically active substance.
  • a method for producing a liquid crystal composition comprising adding at least one second optically active substance having a property in an amount that the resulting liquid crystal composition exhibits a nematic phase as a whole, comprising the first optically active substance and One of the second optically active substances is a curable compound, and the other is a non-curable compound.
  • the method for producing a liquid crystal composition according to [7] wherein the first optically active substance is a non-curable compound, and the second optically active substance is a curable compound.
  • a liquid crystal optical element comprising: the composite, wherein the liquid crystal composition according to any one of [1] to [6] is sandwiched between inner surfaces of the insulating substrate and the liquid crystal is aligned.
  • a liquid crystal optical element obtained by curing the curable compound in the liquid crystal composition in a state. As a result, a liquid crystal optical element having a low haze value and excellent productivity in the transmissive state can be obtained.
  • a method for producing a liquid crystal optical element comprising a composite of a liquid crystal and a cured product, the method comprising: forming electrodes on each inner surface of a pair of insulating substrates, at least one of which is transparent; ] Through [6], the step of bonding the insulating substrates with the inner surfaces of the insulating substrates facing each other through the liquid crystal composition according to any one of the above, and the liquid crystal composition between the inner surfaces of the insulating substrates And a step of forming the composite by curing the curable compound in the liquid crystal composition in a state where the liquid crystal is aligned with the liquid crystal being aligned.
  • a liquid crystal optical element having a low haze value in a transmissive state and excellent productivity, a method for producing the same, and a liquid crystal composition therefor can be provided.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a liquid crystal optical element according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a manufacturing flow of the liquid crystal optical element according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • liquid crystal Z cured product composite or simply “composite”.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an example of the configuration of a liquid crystal optical element that is useful for an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the liquid crystal optical element 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a first transparent substrate 11, a first transparent electrode 12, a first insulating film 13, a first alignment film 14, and a first transparent film 11.
  • the first transparent substrate 11 and the second transparent substrate 21 face each other, and the liquid crystal Z is interposed between the first and second transparent substrates 11 and 21. It is configured by sandwiching a composite layer 50 of a cured product.
  • the first and second transparent substrates 11 and 21 are insulating substrates.
  • a glass substrate, a resin substrate or a resin film substrate having strength such as polycarbonate and acrylic resin is used.
  • the force used as the first and second transparent substrates 11 and 21 does not necessarily need to be transparent, and only one of them may be transparent.
  • these insulating substrates may be flat or may have a curvature on the whole surface or part thereof.
  • the thickness of the insulating substrate is appropriately selected and is generally preferably 0.4 to LOmm.
  • first transparent electrodes 12 are formed in a stripe shape.
  • second transparent electrodes 22 are formed in a strip shape on the inner surface of the second transparent substrate 21. Note that.
  • the plurality of second transparent electrodes 22 are formed so as to intersect with the plurality of first transparent electrodes 12 substantially orthogonally.
  • the first and second transparent electrodes 12 and 22 are made of, for example, ITO (Indium Tin Oxide).
  • One of the first and second transparent electrodes 12 and 22 may be a reflective electrode of A1 or a dielectric multilayer film.
  • the shape of the electrode is not limited to the orthogonal stripe shape, and the entire substrate surface may be a single electrode, or a specific mark or character can be displayed.
  • the first and second insulating films 13, 23 are formed so as to cover the first and second transparent electrodes 12, 22, respectively.
  • the first and second insulating films 13 and 23 are for improving electrical insulation, and have no metal oxide such as SiO 2, TiO 2, Al 2 O, or other insulating materials.
  • first and second insulating films 13 and 23 may be omitted.
  • First and second alignment films 14 and 24 are formed on the first and second insulating films 13 and 23, respectively.
  • the alignment films 14 and 24 are formed in contact with the liquid crystal in order to align the liquid crystal in the composite layer 50 in a predetermined direction.
  • an alignment film having a pretilt angle of 60 ° or more is preferable, and an alignment film having a pretilt angle of 80 ° or more is more preferable.
  • An alignment film is particularly preferable.
  • the liquid crystal composition exhibiting a nematic phase as a whole can be uniformly aligned without performing a rubbing treatment.
  • the optical characteristics of the liquid crystal optical element after curing can be made uniform even in the case of a large area.
  • the sealing material 30 is formed along the periphery of the first and second transparent substrates 11, 21 between the first and second transparent substrates 11, 21.
  • the first and second transparent substrates 11 and 21 are joined by a sealing material 30.
  • a sealing material 30 for example, an ultraviolet curable resin or a thermosetting resin is used.
  • the distance between the inner surfaces of the first and second transparent substrates 11 and 21, that is, the thickness (cell gap) of the composite layer 50 is constant, and the height of the sealing material 30 is the same as that of the first and second transparent substrates 11, It is equal to the distance between the inner surfaces of 21.
  • the liquid crystal optical element 1 of FIG. 1 has a flat shape
  • the liquid crystal optical element of the present invention is not limited to a flat shape, and may have a curvature in part or in whole depending on the application. That is, it may be a three-dimensional shape.
  • the distance between the inner surfaces of the first and second transparent substrates 11 and 12, that is, the thickness (cell gap) of the composite layer 50 is constant.
  • the spacer 40 is uniformly dispersed in a space surrounded by the first and second transparent substrates 11 and 21 and the sealing material 30. Spacer 40 controls the cell gap.
  • the diameter of the cell gap or spacer 40 is preferably 2 to 50 ⁇ m, more preferably 4 to 30 ⁇ m. If the cell gap is too small, the contrast between the transmission state and the scattering state is lowered, and if it is too large, the driving voltage is increased.
  • the spacer 40 also has a hard material strength such as glass particles, silica particles, and cross-linked acrylic particles. It is also possible to form a rib-shaped spacer on one substrate.
  • the composite layer 50 is enclosed in a space (hereinafter also referred to as a cell space) surrounded by the first and second transparent substrates 11 and 21 and the sealing material 30.
  • the composite layer 50 fills the cell space with the liquid crystal composition of the present invention, fills the cell space with the liquid crystal composition, and aligns the liquid crystal with the curable liquid crystal in the liquid crystal composition.
  • It consists of a liquid crystal Z cured product composite obtained by curing the compound by polymerization.
  • the content of the curable compound in this liquid crystal composition (this is substantially equal to the content of the cured product of the curable compound contained in the liquid crystal Z cured product composite) is 0. It is preferable that it is 1-20 mass%. Less than lmass%, the liquid crystal Z hardness In the scattering state of the compound composite, the liquid crystal phase cannot be divided into a domain structure having an effective shape by the cured product, and desired transmission and scattering characteristics cannot be obtained. Meanwhile, 20
  • the haze value in the transmissive state increases as in the case of the conventional liquid crystal Z cured product composite. More preferably, the content of the curable compound in the liquid crystal composition is 0.5 to 10 ma SS %, and the state of transmission and scattering that increases the scattering intensity in the scattering state of the liquid crystal Z cured product composite is obtained. The voltage value to be switched can be lowered.
  • the total amount of the curable compound is preferably 2 Omass%, particularly 15 mass%.
  • the content of the curable compound in the liquid crystal composition is preferably 0.1 to 20 mass% of the liquid crystal composition, which is an optically active substance such as HTP (Helical It is preferable to select appropriately within the range of 0.1 to 20 mass% depending on the twisting power.
  • HTP Helical It is preferable to select appropriately within the range of 0.1 to 20 mass% depending on the twisting power.
  • HTP of the curable compound, which is an optically active material is large, a liquid crystal composition that exhibits a nematic phase as a whole when added to a chiral nematic liquid crystal that is a mixture of a nematic liquid crystal and a non-curable optically active material
  • the amount of the curable compound, which is an optically active substance necessary for preparing the product may be small.
  • the most preferable content of the curable compound in the liquid crystal composition is 0.5 to 5 mass%.
  • HTP of the curable compound that is an optically active substance is smaller than 30, it is preferably 0.5 to 10 mass% as described above.
  • the content of the non-curable optically active substance in the liquid crystal composition is determined depending on the HTP of the non-curable optically active substance. That is, when the HTP of the non-curable optically active substance is large, the non-curable optically active substance for obtaining a desired pitch in the liquid crystal (liquid crystal exhibiting a chiral nematic phase) in the liquid crystal Z cured composite is obtained. The amount is small.
  • the content of the optically active substance in the liquid crystal composition is preferably 0.5 to: L0 mass% is preferably 1 to 5 mass%. Especially preferred That's right.
  • the liquid crystal composition of the present invention is a liquid crystal composition containing at least two optically active substances having different optical rotation directions and nematic liquid crystals and exhibiting a nematic phase as a whole.
  • the directions of optical rotation are dextro-rotatory and levo-rotatory! When the directions of optical rotation are different from each other, one is dextrorotatory and the other is levorotatory.
  • the nematic liquid crystal two or more nematic liquid crystals may be used in combination.
  • a chiral nematic liquid crystal having a helical structure (also referred to as cholesteric liquid crystal).
  • the liquid crystal composition of the present invention is a liquid crystal composition that exhibits a nematic phase as a whole while adding a chiral agent to the nematic liquid crystal.
  • a normal chiral nematic liquid crystal achieves uniform liquid crystal alignment in one direction without applying an electric field by showing multiple stable alignments such as planar alignment, focal conic alignment, or mixed alignment thereof. It was difficult to do.
  • a liquid crystal composition exhibiting a nematetic phase can easily realize liquid crystal alignment in one direction by an alignment film.
  • the nematic phase means that the twist angle ⁇ of the liquid crystal between the first transparent substrate 11 and the second transparent substrate 21 is ⁇ 360 °, and 0 ⁇ 180 ° It is preferable.
  • the cell gap d being in the nematic phase means that the helical pitch p ⁇ d, and preferably p ⁇ 2d.
  • ⁇ > 360 ° that is, p ⁇ d
  • nematic liquid crystal approaches the mode of chiral nematic liquid crystal, and uniform liquid crystal alignment in one direction by the alignment film becomes difficult.
  • Nematic liquid crystal The twist angle is determined by, for example, observing a polarizing microscope by sandwiching a liquid crystal composition between a pair of transparent substrates provided with an alignment film having a pretilt angle of 10 ° or less obtained by rubbing the inner surface of at least one substrate. It can be measured by observing the transmitted light while rotating the polarizing plate. Further, it can be obtained by sandwiching a liquid crystal composition in a wedge-shaped cell and observing the distance between the disclination lines.
  • one optically active substance is a non-curable compound with respect to the optical rotation direction.
  • the optically active substance is a curable compound.
  • This curable composite compound forms a plurality of domains in the liquid crystal phase by curing the curable composite compound after the liquid crystal composition is sandwiched between the substrates with electrodes.
  • part or all of the optical rotation function as a chiral agent is lost by polymerizing by curing. Therefore, the remaining non-curable chiral agent causes the nematic liquid crystal to change into a chiral nematic liquid crystal in the process of curing the curable compound.
  • non-curable chiral agent examples include S-811, S-1011 and S-2011 manufactured by Merck. These chiral agents are levo-rotatory.
  • a dextro-rotatory optical rotatory compound such as Paliocolor LC 756 manufactured by BASF is suitable.
  • a dextrorotatory agent may be used as the non-curable chiral agent, and a levorotatory curable compound may be used as the curable chiral agent.
  • an optically active compound is prepared from an optically active substance existing in nature, a dextrorotatory compound can be provided at a relatively low cost.
  • non-curable chiral agents both levorotatory and dextrorotatory agents can be used.
  • curable chiral agents can be used both levorotatory and dextrorotatory agents.
  • the liquid crystal obtained by curing the curable compound from the liquid crystal composition of the present invention removes the effect of the cured product, and the curable compound (other than the curable chiral agent) from the liquid crystal composition of the present invention.
  • the liquid crystal properties of the mixture are almost the same as the chiral nematic liquid. It is thought to be crystal. Accordingly, this mixture satisfies the liquid crystal properties as chiral nematic liquid crystal required for the liquid crystal Z cured composite.
  • the degree of optical rotation of the curable chiral agent added to this mixture and the amount of addition must be such that the chiral nematic properties of this mixture can be lost to make it nematic.
  • the degree of optical rotation of the curable chiral agent and the amount in the liquid crystal composition are the same as the degree of optical rotation (in the reverse direction) of the non-curable chiral agent and the amount in the liquid crystal composition. There are no restrictions.
  • the effect of the present invention can be exhibited both when the dielectric anisotropy ( ⁇ ) of the liquid crystal composition is positive and negative, and the pretilt angle of the alignment film provided on the inner surface of the substrate is 10 It can be expressed at any angle below or above 60 °. Further, the alignment film may be rubbed.
  • the liquid crystal ⁇ cured product composite obtained from the liquid crystal composition of the present invention exhibits a uniform scattering state when no voltage is applied, and has the largest transmission and scattering contrast with the smallest haze in the transparent state when voltage is applied.
  • the liquid crystal composition having a positive dielectric anisotropy is arranged so as to be in contact with an alignment film having a pretilt of about 90 ° and is aligned vertically with respect to the substrate with electrodes.
  • the curable chiral agent contained in the liquid crystal composition is cured, the cured product generated by the curing reaction effectively converts the chiral nematic phase that appears in the course of the curing reaction into a plurality of regions. Can be divided into (domains).
  • a liquid crystal optical element in a scattering state when no voltage is applied and in a transmission state when a voltage is applied can be obtained very easily from the liquid crystal composition of the present invention.
  • the multiple domains divided by the cured product are assumed to have different average refractive indices, and the incident light to this liquid crystal optical element is effectively scattered by the multiple liquid crystal domains having different average refractive indices.
  • the liquid crystal composition of the present invention is in a state in which no voltage is applied so that it is not necessary to apply a voltage during curing of the liquid crystal composition in the process of forming a liquid crystal-cured product composite. It is only necessary to cure the curable compound. That is, if the curable compound is a photocurable compound, a liquid crystal optical element can be obtained only by light irradiation.
  • the liquid crystal phase having a high phase transition temperature Tc is When required
  • heating is not necessary to prevent the precipitation of the liquid crystal phase from the liquid crystal composition.
  • the liquid crystal Z cured product composite obtained from the liquid crystal composition of the present invention has a low content of the cured product, the haze value in the transmission state is low even when the liquid crystal optical element has a large area. Transparency is good depending on the angle at which is observed.
  • the polarity of the dielectric anisotropy may be positive or negative, but in order to reduce the driving voltage, it is preferable that the dielectric anisotropy is large. In order to increase the scattering intensity and improve the transmission-scattering contrast, it is preferable to increase the refractive index anisotropy ( ⁇ ) of the liquid crystal composition. On the other hand, if the dielectric anisotropy is too large, the electrical insulation (specific resistance value) of the liquid crystal composition may be lowered. In addition, if the refractive index anisotropy is too large, durability against ultraviolet rays may be reduced.
  • the liquid crystal composition of the present invention may contain a curable compound that is not an optically active substance.
  • a curable compound that is not an optically active substance examples include alkyl acrylate, alkyl diatale, polyether acrylate, polyether dialate, and polyether urethane acrylate.
  • the curable compound that is not an optically active compound may further be a curable compound having a mesogenic structure. Examples of the curable compound having a mesogenic structure include the compounds shown below (the curable compounds of the following formulas (2) and (4) described in Patent Document 2). The
  • the haze value during transmission may be increased. Therefore, the liquid crystal composition of the present invention
  • the total amount of the curable compound in (including the curable compound that is an optically active compound) is
  • the curable compound for the entire liquid crystal composition is preferably 20 mass% or less, particularly 10 mass% or less, based on the entire liquid crystal composition. Further, as described above, when a curable compound having a large HTP (about 30 to 60) is used as the curable compound that is an optically active substance, the curable compound for the entire liquid crystal composition The total amount is preferably 5mass% or less!
  • the total amount of the curable compound in the liquid crystal composition of the present invention is preferably 10 mass% or less, particularly preferably 5 mass% or less, with respect to the entire liquid crystal composition.
  • the liquid crystal composition contains a predetermined amount of the curable compound having the mesogenic structure described above.
  • the amount of the curable compound having a mesogenic structure is particularly preferably 5 to 14 mass%, preferably 3 to 18 mass% with respect to the entire liquid crystal composition.
  • the total amount of the curable compound is preferably 20 mass% or less, particularly preferably 15 mass% or less, based on the entire liquid crystal composition.
  • the liquid crystal composition of the present invention may contain a curing agent for initiating curing of the curable compound and a curing accelerator (such as a curing catalyst) for promoting curing.
  • a curing agent that initiates the curing reaction.
  • the curable compound is a polymerizable compound
  • a polymerization initiator For example, when the curing reaction is carried out by photopolymerization, general photopolymerization initiators such as benzoin ether, acetophenone, and phosphine oxide can be used.
  • a curing initiator or a curing accelerator is used, the amount thereof is preferably 5 mass% or less with respect to the total amount of the curable compound in the liquid crystal composition, and particularly preferably 3 mass%.
  • various compounds may be added for the purpose of improving the contrast ratio and stability.
  • various dichroic dyes such as anthraquinone, styryl, azomethine, azo and the like can be used for the purpose of improving contrast.
  • the dichroic dye is basically compatible with the liquid crystal compound and incompatible with the curable compound.
  • the addition of antioxidants, ultraviolet absorbers, various plasticizers, etc. is also preferable for improving stability and durability.
  • the total amount is preferably 20 mass% or less, particularly 10 mass% or less, based on the liquid crystal composition.
  • the operation of the liquid crystal optical element 1 obtained by aligning a liquid crystal composition having a positive dielectric anisotropy in the direction perpendicular to the substrate with electrodes and curing the curable compound will be described.
  • Light up When a voltage is applied between the first and second transparent electrodes 12 and 22, the liquid crystal having positive dielectric anisotropy is vertically aligned by the electric field between the electrodes, and the composite layer 50 is in a transmissive state.
  • the chiral nematic liquid crystal that appears in the course of the curing reaction is randomly aligned between the electrodes as described above.
  • the composite layer 50 is assumed to be in a scattering state.
  • the liquid crystal optical element 1 obtained by aligning a liquid crystal composition having negative dielectric anisotropy in a direction perpendicular to the substrate with electrodes and curing the curable compound, the liquid crystal optical element 1 has a scattering state and a voltage non- A liquid crystal optical element that becomes transparent when applied is used.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a manufacturing flow of a liquid crystal optical element that is useful for the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 2, this manufacturing flow consists of seven steps from ST201 to ST207.
  • a transparent electrode film for forming the first and second transparent electrodes 12, 22 is formed on the inner surfaces of the first and second transparent substrates 11, 21 by a sputtering method, a vacuum evaporation method, or the like. (ST201).
  • ITO is suitable as described above.
  • the transparent electrode film is patterned into a desired character or pattern shape by, for example, photolithography to form the first and second transparent electrodes 12 and 22.
  • the first and second insulating films 13, 23 are formed by sol-gel method, sputtering method, vacuum deposition.
  • Each of the first and second transparent electrodes 12 and 22 is formed by a method or the like (ST202).
  • first and second alignment films 14 and 24 are formed on first and second insulating films 13 and 23, respectively (ST203).
  • the first and second alignment films 14 and 24 are formed in contact with the liquid crystal in order to align the liquid crystal composition exhibiting a nematic phase in a predetermined direction between the pair of substrates with electrodes.
  • at least one of the alignment films 14 and 24 formed on the transparent substrates 11 and 21 is formed so that the liquid crystal is aligned perpendicularly to the inner surfaces of the transparent substrates 11 and 21.
  • an alignment film having a small pretilt angle, specifically, 10 ° or less can be used, rubbing treatment is required to uniformly align the liquid crystal composition.
  • the particles of the spacer 40 are dispersed on the inner surface of the first or second transparent substrate 11, 21 using a spreader (ST204).
  • a sealing material 30 is applied on the inner surface of the first or second transparent substrate 11, 21 along the peripheral edge of the first or second transparent substrate 11, 21 (ST 205).
  • the sealing material 30 an ultraviolet curable resin, a thermosetting resin or the like can be used.
  • the sealing material 30 may include a spacer.
  • the first or second transparent substrates 11 and 21 are bonded together, and the liquid crystal composition is filled into the cells formed thereby (ST206).
  • one of the notches of the sealing material provided at two or more places is immersed in the liquid crystal composition and sucked from the other (suction method).
  • a cell with at least one notch in the sealing material is returned to atmospheric pressure with the notch immersed in a container containing a liquid crystal composition in a vacuum, and the pressure difference between the internal pressure and the atmospheric pressure is restored. It is also possible to fill the cell with a liquid crystal composition (vacuum injection method).
  • a predetermined amount of liquid crystal composition is formed on the inner surface of the first or second transparent substrate 11, 21 using an ODF (one-drop-fill) method (also called a liquid crystal dropping method, a vacuum dropping method, etc.). May be dropped and the first and second transparent substrates 11 and 21 may be bonded together by the sealing material 30 under reduced pressure.
  • ODF one-drop-fill
  • this ODF method requires a vacuum apparatus, it can be filled with a liquid crystal composition in a shorter time than the above-described suction method and vacuum injection method, and is effective in manufacturing a large-sized liquid crystal optical element.
  • the liquid crystal composition is sandwiched between the inner surfaces of the transparent substrate by the above method.
  • the liquid crystal composition is Since it exhibits a nematic phase, the liquid crystal can be easily aligned in one direction by the alignment film.
  • the curable compound in the liquid crystal composition is cured (ST207).
  • the curable compound is cured while the liquid crystal composition is sandwiched between the inner surfaces of the transparent substrate and the liquid crystal is aligned.
  • the liquid crystal is oriented in one direction, so that the curable compound can be cured without applying a voltage between the electrodes.
  • the curable compound is a photocurable compound, it is exposed to an ultraviolet light source and cured. By exposure, the photocurable compound is cured, and a composite layer 50 of the liquid crystal Z cured product is formed.
  • the sealing material when a photocurable sealing material is used as the sealing material 30, the sealing material can be cured at the same time. Note that when the photocuring resin is not used for the sealing material 30, the sealing material needs to be cured separately.
  • the haze value was measured using a direct reading haze computer manufactured by Suga Test Instruments Co., Ltd.
  • a dextrorotatory optically active substance (manufactured by BASF: Paliocolor LC756, HTP in the above nematic liquid crystal is 56) was added to obtain a nematic liquid crystal having a helical pitch of about 18 / zm again.
  • the dextrorotatory optically active substance is a photocurable compound, and its content in the liquid crystal composition is 2. Omas S %.
  • liquid crystal composition A liquid crystal composition A
  • the cell gear In order to measure the twist angle when the tip is 6 m, a small diameter is required between a pair of glass substrates having liquid crystal composition A on the inner surface and a polyimide thin film having a pretilt angle of 10 ° or less as an alignment film. Clamped with a 6 m spherical spacer. Here, the polyimide thin film on one side was rubbed. When the glass substrate sandwiching the liquid crystal composition A was observed with a polarizing microscope, the twist angle of the liquid crystal composition A was about 120 °.
  • a photopolymerization initiator benzoin isopropyl ether
  • the liquid crystal optical element at room temperature by irradiating intensity center wavelength on the glass substrate surface at 365nm is irradiated for 10 minutes from both the cell ultraviolet 30WZm 2, is hard spoon curable I ⁇ product Got.
  • the liquid crystal optical element became cloudy.
  • the liquid crystal optical element became transparent. That is, a liquid crystal optical element that is in a transmission state when a voltage is applied and in a scattering state when no voltage is applied was obtained.
  • the haze value in the above transmission state was 2% or less, and the transparency was good. Furthermore, even when the transparent element was observed from a vertical orientation with respect to the glass substrate, the increase in haze was hardly observed.
  • the contrast between the transparent state and the white turbid state of this element measured at room temperature using a single-lens optical system with a condensing angle of 5 ° was 25.
  • the liquid crystal composition A has curability that does not require the application of a voltage to the liquid crystal composition in the process of forming a liquid crystal optical element. It is only necessary to cure the chiral agent. If a photocurable compound is used as in this example, the curable chiral agent is cured by light irradiation alone and the liquid crystal is divided into a plurality of domains, and the liquid crystal changes from a nematic phase to a chiral nematic phase. To do. Thereby, a liquid crystal optical element that is in a transmission state when a voltage is applied and in a scattering state when no voltage is applied can be obtained very easily.
  • the rubbing treatment can be omitted by using the vertical alignment film. Furthermore, since the liquid crystal optical element according to Example 1 has a low content of the cured product, the haze value in the transmission state is low, and the transparency is good regardless of the angle at which the element is observed. Also, the contrast between the transparent state and the cloudy state is large.
  • liquid crystal optics was used in the same manner as in Example 1 except that a pretilt angle on the surface in contact with the liquid crystal composition A was 10 ° or less and a rubbing treatment was used. An element was produced. At this time, the glass substrates were opposed to each other so that the rubbing directions of the alignment films were almost orthogonal. The liquid crystal optical element after the curable compound was cured by irradiating with ultraviolet rays was clouded. Similarly, when a rectangular wave voltage of 200 Hz and 60 V was applied between the pair of ITO electrodes, the liquid crystal optical element became transparent.
  • a liquid crystal optical element that is in a transmitting state when a voltage is applied and in a scattering state when no voltage is applied was obtained.
  • the haze value in the above transmission state was 4%.
  • Observation of the transparent element tilted from the vertical direction with respect to the glass substrate was good, although the haze increased slightly.
  • the contrast between the transparent state and the white turbid state of this element was measured at room temperature using a single-lens optical system with a converging angle of 5 °, and was 12.
  • liquid crystal composition A according to the present invention even when a horizontal alignment film is used, by performing a rubbing treatment, as in Example 1 above, a transmission state is applied when a voltage is applied, and a voltage is not applied. A liquid crystal optical element that is in a scattering state can be easily obtained.
  • the optical characteristics of the liquid crystal optical element according to Example 2 are good, though slightly inferior as compared with Example 1 above.
  • levorotating optically active substance 10mass% in the nematic liquid crystal
  • Iri nematic liquid crystal with a helical pitch of about 1 was prepared by adding 3.5 mass% to the liquid crystal composition.
  • a curative dextrorotatory optically active substance BASF: Paliocolor LC756, HTP in the above nematic liquid crystal is 55
  • BASF Paliocolor LC756, HTP in the above nematic liquid crystal is 55
  • the content of the dextrorotatory optically active substance in the liquid crystal composition is 1.8 mass%.
  • a liquid crystal composition (Liquid Crystal Composition B) was obtained by adding about lma SS % of a photopolymerization initiator (benzoic isopropyl ether) to the photocurable compound contained in the liquid crystal composition. .
  • the polyimide thin film having a pretilt angle of 10 ° or less with the liquid crystal composition B on the inner surface was aligned as in Example 1.
  • a small amount of diameter was sandwiched between a pair of glass substrates provided as a 10 m spherical spacer.
  • the polyimide thin film on one side was rubbed.
  • the twist angle of the liquid crystal composition B was 90 ° or less.
  • Example 2 a cell provided with a polyimide alignment film having a pretilt angle of approximately 90 ° on the substrate surface in contact with the liquid crystal composition B, as in Example 1, except that the spacer diameter was 10 m. Then, the liquid crystal composition B was injected by a vacuum injection method to seal the injection hole. This cell showed a clear state with a small uniform haze. In the same manner as in Example 1, the cell was irradiated with ultraviolet rays from both substrate surfaces to obtain a liquid crystal optical element.
  • the liquid crystal optical element was clouded.
  • a rectangular wave voltage of 200 Hz and 40 V was applied between the pair of ITO electrodes, the liquid crystal optical element became transparent.
  • the haze value in the transparent state was 2% or less.
  • the contrast between the transparent state and the white turbid state of this element was measured at room temperature using a single-lens optical system with a condensing angle of 5 °, it was 8.
  • liquid crystal composition B of Example 3 Even when the liquid crystal composition B of Example 3 is used, a liquid crystal optical element that is in a transmission state when a voltage is applied and in a scattering state when no voltage is applied can be obtained very easily. Further, the rubbing treatment can be omitted by using the vertical alignment film. Furthermore, the optical characteristics of the liquid crystal optical element of Example 3 are good, although the contrast is inferior to that of the liquid crystal optical element of Example 1 above.
  • the nematic liquid crystal composition B prepared in Example 3 is further represented by the following chemical formula (1).
  • Curable compound P is a curable compound having no mesogenic structure in the molecule. Further, about lmass% of a photopolymerization initiator (benzoin isopropyl ether) was further added to the added curable compound P to prepare a liquid crystal composition (liquid crystal composition C). Since the curable compound P is not an optically active substance, the helical pitch of the liquid crystal composition C is not different from the helical pitch of the liquid crystal composition B.
  • a photopolymerization initiator benzoin isopropyl ether
  • the pretilt angle on the substrate surface in contact with the liquid crystal composition C was approximately 90 °, as in Example 1, except that the diameter of the spacer of the spherical beads provided between the transparent electrodes was 10 ⁇ m.
  • Liquid crystal composition C was injected into the cell provided with the polyimide alignment film to be a vacuum injection method to seal the injection hole. This cell showed a transparent state with a small uniform haze.
  • the cell was irradiated with ultraviolet rays from both substrate surfaces to obtain a liquid crystal optical element.
  • the liquid crystal optical element became cloudy.
  • the liquid crystal optical element became transparent.
  • the haze value in the transparent state was 2% or less. Even when the transparent element was observed from a vertical orientation with respect to the glass substrate, the haze was small and good transparency was shown. Further, the contrast between the transparent state and the white turbid state of this element was measured at room temperature using a single-lens optical system with a collecting angle of 5 °, and was 15.
  • liquid crystal composition C of Example 4 Even when the liquid crystal composition C of Example 4 is used, a liquid crystal optical element that is in a transmitting state when a voltage is applied and in a scattering state when no voltage is applied can be obtained very easily. Further, the rubbing treatment can be omitted by using the vertical alignment film. Further, the optical characteristics of the liquid crystal optical element of Example 4 are the same as those of Example 2 above using the same nematic liquid crystal. Compared with the optical properties, the inclusion of the curable compound P improves the contrast and is good.
  • optically active substance approximately 27 when dissolved to 10% by mass in the above nematic liquid crystal
  • a curative dextrorotatory optically active substance manufactured by BASF: Paliocolor LC756
  • the content of the dextrorotatory optically active substance in the liquid crystal composition is 1.5 mass%.
  • a liquid crystal composition (Liquid Crystal Composition D) was obtained by adding about lma SS % of a photopolymerization initiator (benzoic isopropyl ether) to the photocurable compound contained in the liquid crystal composition. .
  • the liquid crystal composition D is a pair of glasses provided with a polyimide thin film having a pretilt angle of 10 ° or less on the inner surface as an alignment film. A small amount of the diameter was sandwiched between the substrates together with an 8 ⁇ m spherical spacer. At this time, the polyimide thin film on one side was subjected to rubbing treatment.
  • the liquid crystal composition D had a twist angle of about 140 °.
  • the pretilt angle is approximately 90 ° on the substrate surface in contact with the liquid crystal composition D in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the diameter of the spacer of the spherical beads provided between the transparent electrodes is 8 ⁇ m.
  • a liquid crystal composition D was injected into a cell equipped with a polyimide alignment film to be a vacuum injection method, and the injection hole was sealed. This cell showed a transparent state with a small uniform haze. This cell was irradiated with ultraviolet rays from both substrate surfaces of the cell under the same conditions as in Example 1 to obtain a liquid crystal optical element.
  • the liquid crystal optical element was clouded.
  • a rectangular wave voltage of 200 Hz and 30 V was applied between the pair of ITO electrodes, the liquid crystal optical element became transparent.
  • the haze value in the transmissive state is 2% or less, and the transmittance of the element with respect to the incident light from the direction perpendicular to the glass substrate was measured with a single-lens optical system with a condensing angle of 5 °. 84% including reflection on the plate surface and absorption of incident light on the transparent electrode layer.
  • the transmittance when the element was placed at an angle of 45 ° with respect to the incident light in the same measurement system was 83% with almost no change.
  • the contrast between the transparent state and the white turbid state of this element was measured at room temperature and found to be 15.
  • liquid crystal composition D of Example 5 Even when the liquid crystal composition D of Example 5 is used, a liquid crystal optical element that is in a transmission state when a voltage is applied and in a scattering state when no voltage is applied can be obtained very easily. Further, the rubbing treatment can be omitted by using the vertical alignment film. Furthermore, the optical characteristics of the liquid crystal optical element of Example 5 are good, although the contrast is slightly inferior to the optical characteristics of the liquid crystal optical element of Example 1 above.
  • levorotatory optically active substance 10ma SS % dissolved in the above nematic liquid crystal
  • about 23) of HTP was added to the liquid crystal composition by 2.9 mass% to prepare a chiral nematic liquid crystal with a helical pitch of about 1.5 m.
  • a curative dextrorotatory optically active material manufactured by BASF: Paliocolor LC756, HTP in the above nematic liquid crystal is 44
  • the content of the dextrorotatory optically active substance in the liquid crystal composition is 1.5 mass S %.
  • a liquid crystal composition (liquid crystal composition E) was obtained by adding about lma SS % photopolymerization initiator (benzoin isopropyl ether) to the photocurable compound contained in the liquid crystal composition.
  • the liquid crystal composition E was provided with a polyimide thin film having a pretilt angle of 10 ° or less as an alignment film on the inner surface as in Example 1.
  • a polyimide thin film having a pretilt angle of 10 ° or less as an alignment film on the inner surface as in Example 1.
  • a small amount of a 6 ⁇ m spherical spacer was sandwiched between a pair of glass substrates.
  • the polyimide thin film on one side was rubbed.
  • the twist angle of the liquid crystal composition E was about 90 °.
  • the pretilt angle is approximately 90 ° on the substrate surface in contact with the liquid crystal composition E in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the diameter of the spacer of the spherical beads provided between the transparent electrodes is 6 ⁇ m.
  • a liquid crystal composition E was injected into a cell equipped with a polyimide alignment film to be a vacuum injection method to seal the injection hole. This cell showed a transparent state with a small uniform haze.
  • the liquid crystal optical element was slightly cloudy and transparent.
  • a rectangular wave voltage of 200 Hz and 15 V was applied between the pair of ITO electrodes, the transparency of the liquid crystal optical element was slightly increased, and the transmittance in a single-lens optical system with a converging angle of 5 ° was 65%. Met.
  • a rectangular wave voltage of 200 Hz and 60 V was applied between the ITO electrodes, this device exhibited a cloudy state, the transmittance in the same measurement system was 5%, and the contrast between the transparent state and the cloudy state was 1 was 3.
  • An electro-optic element whose white turbidity increases with voltage application was obtained.
  • levorotatory optically active substance 10ma SS % dissolved in the above nematic liquid crystal
  • the chiral nematic liquid crystal with a helical pitch of about 4 m was prepared by adding 1 lmass% HTP of about 22) to the liquid crystal composition.
  • a dextrorotatory optically active material having a curability BASF: Paliocolor LC756, HTP in the above nematic liquid crystal is 50
  • BASF Paliocolor LC756, HTP in the above nematic liquid crystal is 50
  • Curable compound R is a curable compound having a mesogenic structure in the molecule.
  • a liquid crystal composition Liquid Crystal Composition F
  • a photopolymerization initiator benzoin isopypropyl ether
  • the liquid crystal composition F is also a nematic liquid crystal having a helical pitch of about 23 m.
  • the liquid crystal composition F was placed on the inner surface with a pretilt angle of 10 °.
  • the pretilt angle is approximately 90 ° on the substrate surface in contact with the liquid crystal composition F in the same manner as in Example 1, except that the diameter of the spacer of the spherical beads provided between the transparent electrodes is 10 ⁇ m.
  • a liquid crystal composition F was injected into a cell having a polyimide alignment film to be used by a vacuum injection method to seal the injection hole. This cell showed a transparent state with a small uniform haze.
  • the cell was irradiated with ultraviolet rays from both substrate surfaces to obtain a liquid crystal optical element.
  • the liquid crystal optical element After the ultraviolet irradiation, the liquid crystal optical element exhibited a transparent state with a slight haze. Next, when a rectangular wave voltage of 200 Hz and 40 V was applied between the pair of ITO electrodes, the device showed a strong cloudy state. When the contrast between the transparent state and the cloudy state of this element was measured at room temperature using a single-lens optical system with a condensing angle of 5 °, it was 17. An electro-optic element whose white turbidity increases with voltage application was obtained.
  • the organic layer was washed with ion exchange water having a pH of about 4, followed by sodium bicarbonate water, and ion exchange water in order.
  • the organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, and dichloromethane was distilled off using a rotary evaporator.
  • the resulting white solid was further recrystallized from ethanol to obtain the target compound.
  • the yield was 0.62 g, and the yield was 26%.
  • a chiral nematic liquid crystal having a helical pitch of about 1.2 m was prepared by adding 2.3 mass% of S-1011) to the liquid crystal composition.
  • the dextrorotatory optically active substance represented by the formula (3) obtained in the synthesis example (curing compound 3, HTP in the above nematic liquid crystal is 42) is added, and the helical pitch is reduced to about 40 again.
  • a nematic liquid crystal of m or more was used.
  • Optically active substance of the dextrorotatory is light hardening compound, its content in the liquid crystal composition is 1. 9mas S%. Furthermore, by adding about lmas S % of a photopolymerization initiator (benzoin isopropyl ether) to the photocurable compound contained in the liquid crystal composition, the liquid crystal composition (liquid crystal composition) according to the present invention is added. Product H) was obtained. In order to measure the twist angle when the cell gap is 10 ⁇ m for this liquid crystal composition H !, a polyimide thin film with a pretilt angle of 10 ° or less on the inner surface of the liquid crystal composition H is used as the alignment film.
  • a photopolymerization initiator benzoin isopropyl ether
  • a small amount of a spherical spacer having a diameter of 10 m was sandwiched between a pair of glass substrates provided.
  • the polyimide thin film on one side was rubbed.
  • the twist angle of the liquid crystal composition H was 90 ° or less.
  • Example 1 Next, in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the spacer diameter was set to 10 m, a cell provided with a polyimide alignment film having a pretilt angle of approximately 90 ° on the substrate surface in contact with the liquid crystal composition H was used. Then, the liquid crystal composition H was injected by a vacuum injection method to seal the injection hole. This cell showed a clear state with a uniform haze and a small amount. In this cell, in the same manner as in Example 1, both substrate surfaces of the cell A liquid crystal optical element was obtained by further irradiating with ultraviolet rays.
  • the liquid crystal optical element was clouded.
  • a rectangular wave voltage of 200 Hz and 60 V was applied between the pair of ITO electrodes, the liquid crystal optical element became transparent. That is, a liquid crystal optical element that is in a transmission state when a voltage is applied and in a scattering state when no voltage is applied was obtained.
  • the haze value in the above transmission state was 2% or less, and the transparency was good. Furthermore, even when the transparent element was observed from a vertical orientation with respect to the glass substrate, the increase in haze was hardly observed.
  • the liquid crystal compositions according to Examples 1 to 5 and 8 have positive dielectric anisotropy, whereas the liquid crystal compositions E and F according to Examples 6 and 7 have negative dielectric anisotropy.
  • the liquid crystal compositions E and F according to Examples 6 and 7 have negative dielectric anisotropy.
  • the liquid crystal optical elements according to Examples 6 and 7 have a relatively large contrast between the transparent state and the cloudy state.
  • Uniform curable composition by mixing urethane acrylate oligomer (Toray Gosei Chemical Industry Co., Ltd .: ALONIX M1200) and isooctyl acrylate in a weight ratio of 12Z7.
  • a curable composition Q was obtained.
  • a uniform composition was obtained by mixing the composition Q so as to have a weight ratio of 31Z19.
  • composition G was added to the curable composition contained therein and dissolved uniformly to obtain a composition (composition G).
  • composition G was an isotropic phase not showing a liquid crystal state and exhibited a uniform transparent state.
  • the pretilt angle was set to 10 ° or less on the substrate surface in contact with the composition G in the same manner as in Example 2 except that the diameter of the spacer of the spherical beads provided between the transparent electrodes was 8 ⁇ m.
  • a liquid crystal composition G was injected into a cell equipped with a polyimide alignment film to seal the injection hole. In order to use the suction injection method, two or more holes were provided in the seal part. Composition G After injection, the cell showed a uniform transparency.
  • a liquid crystal optical element was obtained by curing the liquid crystal composition G by irradiating the glass substrate surface with ultraviolet light having a central wavelength of 365 nm and an irradiation intensity of lOWZm 2 from both sides of the cell for 3 minutes.
  • the liquid crystal optical element was clouded.
  • a rectangular wave voltage of 200 Hz and 40 V was applied between the pair of ITO electrodes, the liquid crystal optical element became transparent.
  • the haze value in the transparent state is 2% or less, and the transmittance for incident light from a direction perpendicular to the glass substrate of this element was measured with a single-lens optical system with a condensing angle of 5 °. It was 84% including reflection at the surface and absorption of incident light at the transparent electrode layer.
  • the transmittance was measured when the device was placed at an angle of 45 ° with respect to the incident light in the same measurement system. The transmittance was 72%.
  • the transparent element When the transparent element was observed from a vertical orientation with respect to the glass substrate, the haze gradually increased and good transparency was lost. Using the same measurement optical system, the contrast between the transparent state and the white turbid state of this element was measured at room temperature and found to be 5.
  • the liquid crystal optical element according to the present invention can be used for other applications that are particularly suitable for a sunroof of an automobile.
  • architectural interiors such as windows (for automobiles (side windows, door glass, reactor water, etc.), construction, aircraft, ships, railway vehicles, etc.), skylights, partitions, doors, etc.
  • windows for automobiles (side windows, door glass, reactor water, etc.), construction, aircraft, ships, railway vehicles, etc.), skylights, partitions, doors, etc.
  • it can be applied to advertising commercial media, large-sized partition devices, projection screens combined with projection display devices, camera and digital camera viewfinders, and the like.
  • the refrigerator door the food stored inside the refrigerator door can be confirmed.
  • information can be provided to the user by displaying a combination of figures and patterns or displaying characters.
  • decorations such as a character, to a transparent plate as needed.

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La présente invention porte sur un élément optique à cristaux liquides de faible valeur de voile à l'état transparent et excellent en matière de productivité, et un procédé de fabrication de l'élément optique à cristaux liquides et une composition à cristaux liquides à utiliser dans le procédé. La composition à cristaux liquides comprend des cristaux liquides nématiques et au moins deux matériaux actifs optiquement différents l'un de l'autre dans une direction rotative optique. En ce qui concerne la direction rotative optique, l'un des matériaux actifs optiquement est un composé non vulcanisable, et l'autre matériau actif optiquement est un composé vulcanisable. La composition à cristaux liquides présente une phase nématique dans son intégralité. Cette composition à cristaux liquides est maintenue entre les surfaces internes d'une paire de substrats isolants dont au moins un est transparent, et le composé vulcanisable est cuit de alors que les cristaux liquides sont alignés pour obtenir l'élément optique à cristaux liquides de faible valeur de voile à l'état transparent et excellent en matière de productivité.
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